Probably the most important revelation to be had from National’s drubbing is that the “Ethnic Strategy” which the Blue party has pursued for quite some time now … is rapidly reaching its limits.
America has managed to trump Bush
5; Human shields – An estimated 2,000 U.S. veterans are set to protect protesters at Standing Rock
4: MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE CIA ASSET SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON IN ARMS DEAL STING
3: Syrian forces tighten grip on besieged Aleppo
2: China lodges complaint with US over Trump’s Taiwan phone call
1: Expert on Trump Business Conflicts: “There are Hard Ethical Questions in Life. This Not One of Them”
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Tonight’s remarkable landslide to Wood proves that Labour’s core message of infrastructure investment, affordable housing and empathy have more going for it than National’s vacant aspiration.
With just 12 months until the 2017 election, where are we at and where will we be going into the 2017 election?
These right wing media pundits who keep claiming that Labour+Greens are somehow too left wing would’t know a Left wing position if Zombie Marx rose from the grave and bit them!
With all the focus on populism, it seems to have escaped many of the political punditry in NZ that we already have a populist Prime Minister.
Duncan Greive’s weird scorn of Viceland in the NZ Herald seems less Opinion piece and more Advertorial.
My take on the matter is that it is racism, Institutional Racism that does not like the independent Māori doing well and being successful. Pākahā dominated institutions still want to apply Pākehā rules and tell Māori what to do and how to do it.